10:00 Arrivals and mid-morning refreshments 

11:00  Welcome Session 1 from President Alan Phillips, Second Counsellor in the Europe North Presidency of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints and Traci de Marco, Europe North Area Organisation Advisor of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints.

11:15   Session 2  - Plenary 1 - Why Gender and Youth Matters in FoRB and Conflict

• Chair: Dr Sam Rushworth

  • Dr Rhoda, (Executive Director of Scripture Union West Africa (SUWA))

  • Rahima Mahmut (UK Director of the Uyghur World Congress)

  • Audrey Kitagawa (International Academy for Multicultural Cooperation)

  • Helene Fisher, (Global Gender Persecution Specialist for Open Doors)

  • Kimberlie Orr (University of Notre Dame Keough School for Global Affairs)

12:05   Session 3

• Theme two - Gendered FoRB Violations

  • Chair: Emily Winkley, Christian Solidarity Worldwide

  • Helene Fisher, Open Doors

  • Gulalai Ismail, Chair of Aware Girls, Global Ambassador for Humanists International 

  • Shno Qane, Programme Officer at Peace & Freedom Organisation

  • Khalida Bakr Khalaf, Student

• Theme three - Youth Approaches to FoRB

  • Chair: Dr Maryyum Mehmood - socio-political analyst, cultural commentator and interfaith mentor.

  • Youth delegates panel:

    • Matty Yaqo, Sector Coordinator for Advocacy on Iraqi Minority Rights with Christian Aid Programme Northern Iraq (CAPNI).

    • Charity Badung, Student of History and International Studies at University of Jos, Nigeria.

    • Maryam Mahmud, Student of Chemistry Education in the University of Jos, Nigeria.

    • Dalia Goodhart, Programme Manager - Search for Common Ground.

    • Kessy Ekomo-Soignet, Founder and Chef Executive Officer of Peace and Development Watch Central African Republic (PDW-CAR) and Founder of NGO URU. Trustee of Peace Direct.

• Theme four - Digital Spaces​

  • Rawan Tahboub, Programme Officer at Sharing Perspectives Foundation and Phd candidate at Friedrich Schiller University

• Theme five - Interreligious dialogue

  • Chair: Katharine Thane, Peacebuilding & Religious Freedom Policy Coordinator at Tearfund

  • Surale Rosen, Founder and Head of Matan Women’s online Halakhic Responsa Project

  • Gadhir Hani, Steering Committee of 'Women Waging Peace', Recipient of the Israeli Hope Award

  • Haleemah Ahmad, Senior Research Associate and Chief Editor, Da’wah Institute of Nigeria, Islamic Education Trust

12:50   Session 4    

• Theme one - FoRB & positive gender identities

  • Chair: Emily Winkley, Christian Solidarity Worldwide

  • Helene Fisher, Open Doors

  • Kenneth Ameh, 'Power of Voices' project manager within Jisra programme, Peacebuilding Officer for Rural Development Counsellors for Christian Churches in Africa (RURCON)

•  Theme three - Youth Approaches to FoRB

  • ​Youth delegates panel:

  • • Matty Yaqo, Sector Coordinator for Advocacy on Iraqi Minority Rights with Christian Aid Programme Northern Iraq (CAPNI).

    • Charity Badung, Student of History and International Studies at University of Jos, Nigeria.

    • Maryam Mahmud, Student of Chemistry Education in the University of Jos, Nigeria.

    • Dalia Goodhart, Programme Manager - Search for Common Ground.

    • Kessy Ekomo-Soignet, Founder and Chef Executive Officer of Peace and Development Watch Central African Republic (PDW-CAR) and Founder of NGO URU. Trustee of Peace Direct.

• Theme five - Interreligious dialogue

  • Chair: Katharine Thane, Peacebuilding & Religious Freedom Policy Coordinator at Tearfund

  • Surale Rosen, Founder and Head of Matan Women’s online Halakhic Responsa Project

  • Gadhir Hani, Steering Committee of 'Women Waging Peace', Recipient of the Israeli Hope Award

  • Haleemah Ahmad, Senior Research Associate and Chief Editor, Da’wah Institute of Nigeria, Islamic Education Trust

13:30   Buffet Lunch and networking in Exhibit Hall 

15:00   Session 5    

• Plenary 1 - Mosaic Middle East - Iraq report - Cultural hall - Check who to lead/intro​

• Plenary 2 - Christian Solidarity Worldwide -  Women in Latin America ​

15:45   Session 6    

• Theme one - FoRB & positive gender identities

  • Chair: Emily Winkley, CSW

  • Helene Fisher, Open Doors

  • Kenneth

• Theme five - Interreligious dialogue

  • Chair: Kat (TF)

  • Surale 

  • Gadhir 

  • Haleemah

16:30   Session 7: Freedom of Religion or Belief – Women and the Law

• Holly Hinckley Lesan (International Center for Law and Religion Studies, BYU Law School)

• Amy Andrus (International Center for Law and Religion Studies, BYU Law School)

• Dishani Jayweera

• Kimberlie Orr (University of Notre Dame Keough School for Global Affairs)

17:10   Session 8  

Wrap up/conclusion

• Emma Dipper

17:30   Conference Wrap up and Close 

09:45-11:00 Preventing Violence, Promoting Freedom of Belief – an overview

Chair: Lord Jeremy Purvis

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09:50: Keynote: Professor Cole Durham, President of the G20 Interfaith Forum

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10:00: Panel Discussion: Why does gender & youth matter? With Surale Rosen (Jewish, Israel), Dr Rhoda Udanyi (Christian, Nigeria), Khalida Bakr Khalaf (Yazidi, Iraq) (Matty as back-up), Gadir Hani (Muslim, Israel-Palestine), and Gulalai Ismail (Humanist, Pakistan). 

10:50: Hon Minister Virginie Baikoua (Christian, Central African Republic), and Binta Mamadou (Muslim, Central African Republic).

11:00-12:15 – Legal Frameworks for Preventing Violence and Promoting Religious Freedom

Chair: Fleur Anderson MP 

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11:00: Panel Discussion: Elder Quentin L. Cook, (former lawyer, and Apostle of The Church of Jesus-Christ of Latter-Day Saints); Baroness Helena Kennedy (Labour Peer, and International Bar Association Human Rights Institute); Professor Marcus Cole (Dean, University of Notre Dame Law School); Yamini Ravindran (attorney-at-law, Director for Legal and Advocacy at the National Christian Evangelical Alliance of Sri Lanka).

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11:45: Professor Brett Scharffs, Director, International Center for Law and Religion Studies, BYU Law School, on ‘Human Dignity’.  

11:50: Exhibition of women and youth in interfaith peacebuilding, and buffet lunch.

12:00-13:10 – Youth and Women, Building Peace Across the Divide  

Chair: Fleur Anderson MP

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12:00: Launch of a special fund for women and youth interfaith peacebuilders 

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12:20: Panel discussion with youth and women working across the conflict divide and leading the struggle for peace – chaired by Fleur Anderson MP (Chair of the APPG for Prevention of Genocide). With Dishani Jayaweera (Buddhist, Sri Lanka), Kessy Ekomo (Christian, Central African Republic), Haleema Ahmad (Muslim, Nigeria) /Kenneth (Christian, Nigeria), Non-religious from Bosnia, Dalia Goodhardt

(Jewish, Israeli). 

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13:00: Closing Keynote: Professor Stephanie Hall Barclay (Director, Religious Liberty Initiative, University of Notre Dame Law School)